鎔

See also: 熔, and 镕

鎔	U+9394, 鎔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9394

← 鎓
[U+9393]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鎕 →
[U+9395]

Translingual

Han character

鎔 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金十金口 (CJCR), four-corner 8316₈, composition ⿰釒容)

Derived characters

𪸆

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40704
Dae Jaweon: page 1816, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4245, character 7
Unihan data for U+9394

Chinese

trad.		鎔
simp.		镕
alternative forms		熔 melt by heat

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	loŋ, loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	loŋ, loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	ɦkroːɡ, kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What relation is there between 融, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róng (rong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông / iûⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: róng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róng
  - Wade–Giles: jung²
  - Yale: rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
  - Palladius: жун (žun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jung⁴
  - Yale: yùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
  - Tâi-lô: iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: yowng

Rime
Character	鎔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘封切
Baxter	yowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋ/
Li Rong	/ioŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎔
Reading #	1/1
No.	4286
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	容
Old Chinese	/*loŋ/

Definitions

鎔

mould for casting
to melt by heat; to turn solid into liquid by heat

Japanese

Kanji

鎔

(Hyōgai kanji)

to melt by heat
Synonym: 溶
mould for casting
Synonyms: 範, 笵

Readings

Go-on: ゆう (yū)^{←ゆう (yuu, historical)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
Kun: いがた (igata, 鎔)、とかす (tokasu, 鎔かす)、とける (tokeru, 鎔ける)、よん (yon)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 鎔 is mostly replaced by 溶, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 鎔 replaced by daiyōji 溶

溶解

溶鉱炉

溶冶

Compounds

鎔(よう)解(かい) (yōkai) (溶(よう)解(かい), 熔(よう)解(かい))
鎔(よう)型(けい) (yōkei)
鎔(よう)合(ごう) (yōgō)
鎔(よう)滓(さい) (yōsai) (溶(よう)滓(さい))
鎔(よう)滓(し) (yōshi) (溶(よう)滓(し))
鎔(よう)鋳(しゅ) (yōshu)
鎔(よう)銑(せん) (yōsen) (溶(よう)銑(せん))
鎔(よう)鋳(ちゅう) (yōchū)
鎔(よう)範(はん), 鎔(よう)笵(はん) (yōhan)
鎔(よう)冶(や) (yōya) (溶(よう)冶(や))
鋳(ちゅう)鎔(よう) (chūyō)

Korean

Hanja

鎔 • (yong) (hangeul 용, revised yong, McCune–Reischauer yong, Yale yong)

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